Operational field evaluation of the PAC-MAG man-portable magnetometer array

Joe Keranen; Zeke Topolosky; Gregory Schultz; Jonathan Miller

doi:10.1117/12.2015818

7 June 2013 Operational field evaluation of the PAC-MAG man-portable magnetometer array

Joe Keranen, Zeke Topolosky, Gregory Schultz, Jonathan Miller

Proceedings Volume 8709, Detection and Sensing of Mines, Explosive Objects, and Obscured Targets XVIII; 87090D (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2015818
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2013, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Abstract

Detection and discrimination of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in areas of prior conflict is of high importance to the international community and the United States government. For humanitarian applications, sensors and processing methods need to be robust, reliable, and easy to train and implement using indigenous UXO removal personnel. This paper describes system characterization, system testing, and a continental United States (CONUS) Operational Field Evaluations (OFE) of the PAC-MAG man-portable UXO detection system. System testing occurred at a government test facility in June, 2010 and December, 2011 and the OFE occurred at the same location in June, 2012. NVESD and White River Technologies personnel were present for all testing and evaluation. The PAC-MAG system is a manportable magnetometer array for the detection and characterization of ferrous UXO. System hardware includes four Cesium vapor magnetometers for detection, a Real-time Kinematic Global Position System (RTK-GPS) for sensor positioning, an electronics module for merging array data and WiFi communications and a tablet computer for transmitting and logging data. An odometer, or “hipchain” encoder, provides position information in GPS-denied areas. System software elements include data logging software and post-processing software for detection and characterization of ferrous anomalies. The output of the post-processing software is a dig list containing locations of potential UXO(s), formatted for import into the system GPS equipment for reacquisition of anomalies. Results from system characterization and the OFE will be described.

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Joe Keranen, Zeke Topolosky, Gregory Schultz, and Jonathan Miller "Operational field evaluation of the PAC-MAG man-portable magnetometer array", Proc. SPIE 8709, Detection and Sensing of Mines, Explosive Objects, and Obscured Targets XVIII, 87090D (7 June 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2015818

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Magnetometers

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